Word: kharkov
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...week's end the thunder of battle had subsided to the sob of exhausted men and battle-spent machines. Both sides conceded that it had ended; both sides claimed victory. But the Russian claim was defensive: by the assault on Kharkov, Russia had prevented a Nazi drive on Rostov, 250 miles to the southeast...
Russia desperately needs a second front; Germany mortally dreads it. These plain truths became plainer still as the Battle for Kharkov petered...
Russia had tried, gallantly. Under its best general, dashing, cavalry-trained Semion Timoshenko, it had turned a tremendous striking force against Kharkov, throwing its encircling arms around both sides of the city while it battered frontally against the German fortifications. The Germans estimated the Russian strength at 20 infantry divisions, three cavalry divisions, 15 tank brigades. And the Germans were taken by surprise...
...German was established in depth. Routing of front-line troops was a long way from the victory that Timoshenko needed to take Kharkov and regain the key of the Ukraine's eastern communication system...
...Nazis desperately needed troops in Russia, they tried to leave Mihailovich to the forces of their Axis partners and stooges. But Italian, Bulgarian and Rumanian soldiers could not deal with him, and the Nazis went back. Only last week the Russians announced that a Nazi division had arrived at Kharkov fresh from Yugoslavia-where it had certainly not been stationed for a rest...